"Dan Major" <[email protected]> wrote
On Aug 10, 8:44 am, "Lee Michaels" <leemichaels*[email protected]>
wrote:
> You can't get more patriotic and american than this!
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9LXHrzOVYA
Nice. Would like to see how construction of "bat" was done.
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Actually, he just used a regular bat and added the electric violin
components to it. He drilled holes in the bat and atached the various
parts. And the whole thing is battery powered so he doesn't need to be near
an outlet.
I wonder how different the fingering on the bat is different from a regular
violin.
On Aug 10, 8:44=A0am, "Lee Michaels" <leemichaels*[email protected]>
wrote:
> You can't get more patriotic and american than this!
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Dn9LXHrzOVYA
Nice. Would like to see how construction of "bat" was done. Perhaps
next he can play -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DMag2mc5Vva0
On Aug 10, 11:33=A0am, "Lee Michaels"
<leemichaels*[email protected]> wrote:
> "Dan Major" <[email protected]> wrote
>
> On Aug 10, 8:44 am, "Lee Michaels" <leemichaels*[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> > You can't get more patriotic and american than this!
>
> >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Dn9LXHrzOVYA
>
> Nice. =A0Would like to see how construction of "bat" was done.
> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
>
> Actually, he just used a regular bat and added the electric violin
> components to it. =A0He drilled holes in the bat and atached the various
> parts. And the whole thing is battery powered so he doesn't need to be ne=
ar
> an outlet.
>
> I wonder how different the fingering on the bat is different from a regul=
ar
> violin.
'Strike' a chord and find out?
Lee Michaels wrote:
...
> I wonder how different the fingering on the bat is different from a regular
> violin.
W/ slow dialup I haven't seen the video but in order for it to be in the
range of a violin the length from bridge to neck fret was probably made
to be very similar; hence fingering would also be nearly equivalent.
Otherwise, it would scale depending on the length and the string tension
would be adjusted appropriately as is the case for childs' 3/4-size
instruments, for example.
(Former very-lack-of-any-talent violin player...)
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>
> "Dan Major" <[email protected]> wrote
>
> On Aug 10, 8:44 am, "Lee Michaels" <leemichaels*[email protected]>
> wrote:
>> You can't get more patriotic and american than this!
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9LXHrzOVYA
>
> Nice. Would like to see how construction of "bat" was done.
> =====================
>
> Actually, he just used a regular bat and added the electric violin
> components to it. He drilled holes in the bat and atached the various
> parts. And the whole thing is battery powered so he doesn't need to be
> near an outlet.
>
> I wonder how different the fingering on the bat is different from a
> regular violin.
>
Well, I think violin's have a neck that is less than 1/2" in diameter
(without the fingerboard) so I think the bat would be harder to play because
of the size (and a lot of other reasons)! A player would need to learn new
"reference points" and get a new shoulder rest! :)
Bill
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